What Was The Last Movie/Anime You Watched?

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eXistenZ - Got a lot of that really gnarly Cronenberg-ian imagery and distortion of reality, but there's way too many plot twists in the back half for the narrative to really hit like it could. A lot of great actors here, but none of them at their best.

Silent Running - Love the chunky 1970s futurism, Bruce Dern, and the overall message. It is a bit heavy-handed, though, and while I like the idea of hippie botanist Dern hanging out with 3 robots on an empty spaceship, I don't think it does quite enough to make it fully engaging during those parts.

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GOAT has an absurd amount of product placement. The products aren't even stylized to fit the world. DualSense controllers and a straight up PS5, multiple Mercedes-Benz's with the logo taking up most of the screen, a lot of PLEZi (Steph Curry's verison of PRIME), Under Armour sneakers and clothing, even a Sony Xperia phone shows up. I love it all. Product placement is so fun to me and the movie is pretty good as well. It's a pretty standard story but the animation is nice.

I forgot to watch Fixed from Sony so I guess that's next up.

I watched Fixed. It has a lot of cartoon dog butthole and balls in it. It apparently has hand-drawn animation but it looks more like computer animation trying to look hand-drawn. When I first heard of Fixed I was immediately reminded of the 2006 MTV2 show Where My Dogs At? I enjoyed the show more. Pretty much only thing I liked about Fixed is that it feels like it's from twenty years ago.

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Sanctified - Punches well above its weight in both score and cinematography for being such a low budget western. Also a prime example of a faith-based film that doesn't have a terrible (and cloying or saccharine) screenplay.

Dr. Strangelove - Ostensibly a first watch, since all I really remembered from a single viewing 25-30 years ago is Pickens on the bomb and "You can't fight in here! This is the war room!" (Which, to be fair, is one of the greatest lines ever written.)

It's almost impossible to tell that Sellers' three characters are the same actor, but it's George C. Scott that steals the show for me. "He'll see the big board!" is an all-time line reading.

Ripper's rants also sound an awful lot like RFK, Jr. these days.

Tropic Thunder - First revisit since theaters. My opinion is largely unchanged. Lots of people could have played Ben Stiller's role, but only Ben Stiller could have written and directed it. Terrific high-concept comedy with some brilliant performances, but it plays the really over the top stuff just a couple too many times. It's almost on a schedule. Every 15 minutes something so stupid happens it should stop the movie dead, but they've been keeping thing just silly enough so it doesn't feel that out of place.

The Dam Busters - Not exactly a thrilling film, but it is an interesting and engaging one. Similar to Oppenheimer if that movie were only about the development of the bomb. A solid pen and paper thriller until it becomes a sturdy airforce flick.

Obsession - YouTuber to feature horror filmmaker pipeline remains strong. I've been a fan of Curry Barker's comedy skits for a few years at this point, but only recently started to delve into his horror work, and this guy has what it takes. Powerhouse performance from Inde Navarrette that will worm its way under your skin and stay there for days.

Superbad - Holds up! The outdated language gets a pass because of the accuracy, and the movie makes it a point of the climax that their plan is ill-advised, shitty, and, most importantly, doesn't work.

Raymond & Ray - I bet this really cooks as a stage play. As a movie it is kind of flat and not particularly interesting, but the performances are solid across the board.

Unforgiven - It's got several great monologues, but most of the dialogue is a lot more stilted than I remembered. And honestly, so is Clint's performance until the 'Hell of a thing' speech. Probably no coincidence that is also when it turns into one of the most satisfying 15-20 minutes of cinema ever created.

Masters of the Universe - It's a total mess, but it is an extremely charming mess. Obviously wants to be taken seriously, but that hackneyed attempted at earnestness makes the tone so much more inline with the original cartoon than it was meant to be. And if you know just how much of a disaster things were during production it makes the end result feel just that much more impressive. Langella is having a blast and outacting everyone else but Meg Foster by like 10x over.

Saturday Night - Even though it is bit too self-serious about the importance of SNL and far too lionizing of Lorne, I still had a good time with this.

China O'Brien - A poor Americanized attempt to recreate Rothrock's Hong Kong output.

Red Rocket - Mikey Saber is an all-time cinema scumbag. Simon Rex is made of pure lightning.

The Witches - It's a shame that the child performances in this are not great, because otherwise this is one of the greatest mixes of little kid adventure story and genuine scares ever made. You can tell that several sequences had to be pared back from what was shot, which is a shame cause it makes the editing feel a little choppy in places.

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The Naked Spur - What makes Mann's Westerns so good is that there is so much more going on than a simple white hat vs. black hat romp. Just like The Far Country Jimmy Stewart is playing a bit against type, a surly cowboy out for his own interests who tries not to care about anyone else. Not quite as gritty as the Ranown Westerns, but not squeaky clean, either.

The Flintstones - They'd shoot you in street if you tried to make a movie this way today. Actually building everything? From scratch? Go to hell.

It's a great cast and an incredibly impressive production, but the script is abysmal. Just total garbage.

Parker - Had a good time with this. Deep cast, fun heist and revenge plot. Lots of fun violence. Makes me wanna go back and drop my Play Dirty rating. This is a much better Westlake adaptation.

Backrooms - Finally, a movie that dares to ask, "What if everything was empty, kinda weird, and creepy?"

Found myself genuinely unsettled during several sequences. I think it gets a little up it's own ass in the climax but still manages to mostly stick the landing.

Challenge of the Masters - Didn't really hit for me, but maybe my expectations weren't in the right place? A couple of fun fights, but this doesn't really play to the Shaw Bros strengths of violence and exploitation.

Straight to Hell - If this weren't made by a director that I knew was capable of making a good movie it'd get a pass, but it was, and I can't believe that a professional (and award winning) filmmaker made something this bad. Two stars because of Dennis Hopper and there were 4 or 5 scenes or ideas that I thought were genuinely hilarious. Nearly everything else was atrocious.

The Florida Project - Another Sean Baker home run. Brooklynn Prince should have been nominated for an Oscar. She'd be on the Mount Rushmore of child performances.

Elio - Totally fine. Looks amazing, cool creature designs, mostly predictable. Lower tier Pixar is still worth a watch.

Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu - Pretty much bereft of passion and substance. Say what you will about the prequels, but at least they make me feel something. Would have been far better served as an actual new season of the show. Ludwig Göransson MVP.

The Lost Bus - Intense, emotional, looks incredible. It's let down by a rather ho-hum script, unfortunately.

The Punisher: One Last Kill - I think Bernthal just absolutely crushes it as Frank. I could watch a new one of these every year.

They Will Kill You - Loved the big weirdo energy on here. Kooky, kinetic, strange, gory, campy. A ton of fun.

Discolsure Day - I think West Side Story is just a hair better, but this might be my favorite Spielberg flick since Catch Me if You Can. Killer setpieces, fun characters, great (final?) score from John Williams.

It is a little too long and some story beats get repetitive, but I'm willing to over look those things for Senõr Spielbergo.

The Gunfighter - Maybe the first revisionist Western? Terrific world-weary performance from Gregory Peck. From the first scene you understand he's done being the famous Johnny Ringo, and it is completely clear why. There's always someone younger and hungrier, but they just don't realize that their hunger can't be sated.

Executioners from Shaolin - Several great fights in this. Especially the opening 10 or so minutes. Gets a bit repetitive in the middle and not all the humor lands, but I had a good time with it.

The Family Plan 2 - The overall plot is better than the first, and Kit Harrington is a fun villain. However, the action sequences much fewer and farther between, while being worse overall, and they were the highlights of the first.

Ocaen's Eleven - It's been a minute, but this still so much freaking fun. Just a total blast from start to finish.

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War Machine - Needed something random to watch, so figured I'd give this a go. It's pretty decent action schlock, lots of cheesy writing, but it's all the right kind, with soldiers dealing with a threat they can't overcome starring the dude from Reacher.  I liked the robot in this, it's very Metal Gear Rex inspired to me, which stands out I think from a lot of alien threats you tend to see in movies.  I can tell whoever did the score really wanted to sneak in some Predator, because the score before they meet the robot I swear is basically just the Predator theme lol Overall solid.

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The Furious - For the first two thirds of this I was like "This is totally fine and cool, but I don't know that I agree with all the praise I've seen." The movie could have ended at an hour and thirty minutes still would have been completely acceptable as it was. But then the last third hits.   

Masters of the Universe (2026) - It's way too long and a little bit too silly, but it looks (mostly) great, the characters are pretty fun, and the soundtrack is killer.  Plus Alison Brie is Evil-Lyn.

Pretty Lethal - Green Room with ballerinas is such a great elevator pitch, and this mostly lives up to it. Script is a little clunky as it sets up the inciting incident, but once the first shot is fired it really gets fun.

North to Alaska - Capucine is the main reason this works. She's just magnetic. The Duke is fine, just out there being The Duke. Not all of the humor lands, and I feel like it could have leaned into the slapstick a little more. I enjoyed it for the most part, but there are a couple of creep-o moments with how some characters treat Capucine that are supposed to be funny that really dont work.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Spongebob works better in the 15-ish minute format, but this works for the most part. Not enough of the side characters, especially Squidward.

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I went to the theater three times this week!

Masters of the Universe - Amazing! Go see it! I watched the 80s movie the night before for the first time and enjoyed it for what it was. I did not grow up with the cartoon so only knew the show from early internet memes. This new movie is excellent though. A long runtime that goes by fast, lots of easy to see action, tons of color, some funny parts, a great theatrical watch. Only cons are some of it is a bit MCU like and one joke in particular drags on too much but that's about it. Greatly exceeded my expectations.

Toy Story 5 - I really enjoyed 4 which most people deemed as unnecessary. 5 is fine. If 5 has an impact then that would be a great thing, it's already done very well at the box office but will it have any effect on parents and kids? Probably not. It's very much a Jessie movie.

Supergirl - Better than expected! Nothing amazing of course but Lobo is in it a lot more than I thought he'd be so that was nice. There might even be more Lobo than Krypto. The lighting choices are more DCEU than DCU. Superman makes a few appearances. Supergirl has some decent fight scenes. Thankfully the next Superman movie is already well into production because if we were basing the DCU's future off this movie's performance so far it would be dire. (Jackass is doing better in my theater and that movie has a tiny budget and very little marketing attached and is only half new. I love Jackass but why would I go to a theater to watch 45 minutes of old stuff?)

Not sure what I'll see next. Spider-Man looks boring, if Xfinity offers free tickets I'll see Minions but not interested beyond that although the green mustard in stores is a cool promo, not interested in Moana or The Odyssey

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The Sheep Detectives - So cute and inventive while also being deceptively deep. Very cosy.

Texas Rangers - I don't know that I've ever seen a movie that is so completely miscast. Tom Skerrit and Randy Travis (?!) are about the only people that make it out ok, but that is only because they both have absolutely nothing to do. Looks bad, editing is bad, but at least the plot makes sense?

Gorillas in the Mist - Half a completely engrossing and emotionally stirring nature drama. Half relatively milquetoast bio-drama anchored by a great Sigourney performance that would have been better served by diving much deeper into Fossey's dark side and hardcore conservationalism.

In Bruges - The first time I watched this I thought it was one of the funniest movies I'd ever seen. The second time I walked away totally depressed. The truth is somewhere in between, but in all cases Colin Farrell is giving my favorite performance of the 21st century.

The Long Good Friday - Bob Hoskins is a force of nature and Helen Mirren is a goddess. An absolute barn burner of a motion picture.

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The Sheep Detectives - Obsession's success is much more akin to Sinners than Weapons, but there's no way it gets double digit noms.

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The Sheep Detectives - Obsession's success is much more akin to Sinners than Weapons, but there's no way it gets double digit noms.

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I just got back from seeing Young Washington (for free) and it was pretty good. I purposely didn't watch a trailer or read about it but I was impressed. It's not great or anything but nothing really worth nitpicking either. The budget was apparently $20 million and I'd say they did well with that, the battles were fun to watch and they have several big actors in this. Looking it up now and I just see complaints about AI but watching without that knowledge there was nothing clearly AI in the movie. Seems like it was used to save on CGI cost? Fine with me.

I also watched Obsession recently. I can definitely see why it's popular. Seems bad that it's caught on the way it has though. Enjoyable movie ignoring the popularity of it and great acting from the lead actress.

I will be seeing Minions & Monsters on Tuesday. Xfinity didn't give a free ticket but they gave $5 off so on Tuesday it'll be like 75 cents. Fair enough.

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I also watched Obsession recently. I can definitely see why it's popular. Seems bad that it's caught on the way it has though.

I will be seeing Minions & Monsters on Tuesday. Xfinity didn't give a free ticket but they gave $5 off so on Tuesday it'll be like 75 cents. Fair enough.

Seems bad how?

Your daytime prices at that cheap? I haven't visited the theater in years, and it's been many more since I've seen a daytime showing, but I don't remember prices being that low for probably twenty years or more.

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I also watched Obsession recently. I can definitely see why it's popular. Seems bad that it's caught on the way it has though.

I will be seeing Minions & Monsters on Tuesday. Xfinity didn't give a free ticket but they gave $5 off so on Tuesday it'll be like 75 cents. Fair enough.

Seems bad how?

Your daytime prices at that cheap? I haven't visited the theater in years, and it's been many more since I've seen a daytime showing, but I don't remember prices being that low for probably twenty years or more.

Culturally bad for young men. The guy in the movie isn't portrayed as a bad guy at the start and is just a guy nervous to ask out his friend he has a crush on. This Letterboxd review being one of the most popular says a lot:

On Tuesday it's $5.75 all day with membership. Other days it's $10 in the morning and $12.25 in the evening. Membership is $11.99 and you get a free ticket that doesn't expire and 20% off concessions. Pretty good deal.

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I also watched Obsession recently. I can definitely see why it's popular. Seems bad that it's caught on the way it has though.

I will be seeing Minions & Monsters on Tuesday. Xfinity didn't give a free ticket but they gave $5 off so on Tuesday it'll be like 75 cents. Fair enough.

Seems bad how?

Your daytime prices at that cheap? I haven't visited the theater in years, and it's been many more since I've seen a daytime showing, but I don't remember prices being that low for probably twenty years or more.

Culturally bad for young men. The guy in the movie isn't portrayed as a bad guy at the start and is just a guy nervous to ask out his friend he has a crush on. This Letterboxd review being one of the most popular says a lot:

I asked the other mods why this thread got closed and I didn't get an answer, but I have removed the link that I think might have been the culprit and am re-opening the post.  If you want to see the review you can go to Letterboxd and look.

I will just counter by saying that I think it is actually a good thing that the movie is highlighting the disproportional level of control that men can have over a woman's consent, even when they don't realize it (just like the lead in the movie).

Silverado - I have 100% seen this before, but I couldn't have told you a single thing about it. Solid cast for the most part (Brian Dennehy is great as the corrupt sheriff), terrific score. Story meanders just a little bit, so you really feel that runtime, but it also allows it to be stuffed full of even more tropes than it already has.

The Adventures of Robin Hood - Not my favorite Robin Hood film, but probably the best and certainly the most important. Absolutely gorgeous technicolor cinematography and production design.

Little Monsters - A pale imitation of Beetlejuice where it becomes difficult to tell if it was a half-assed rip-off or if someone with far less production resources tried really hard. Extra points for being so explicitly directed at kids while also being real fucking weird.

It's Pat! - Not as bad as the reputation, but the reputation is abysmal, so it still washes out at pretty abysmal. The Charles Rocket plot is the only part with any depth or insight behind it. The rest of the movie is rehashing the same set-up and punchline over and over again while the fact that Pat is such an unlikeable narcissist makes it hard to even enjoy ironically.

One Shot - Incredibly tense and impressive for a movie that was shot entirely on your cousin's favorite paintball range.

The Newton Boys - I know that Linklater's whole thing is the chill vibe, but when the archival interview footage of the 80 year old survivors has more fire than your bank robbery movie maybe it needs to be amped up a bit.

The Spy Who Dumped Me - So, I assumed this was PG-13 when I started and was pleasantly surprised when the third f-bomb dropped. It's a bit too long, but the action is clear, the jokes are good, and it's just a fun time.

I Saw the Devil - Korean dramas just love being about 15-20 minutes too long, don't they? The first hour is absolutely riveting and then it spends most of the next 80 minutes hitting the same notes (which are basically a mix of Seven and High Tension) over and over.

On Tuesday it's $5.75 all day with membership. Other days it's $10 in the morning and $12.25 in the evening. Membership is $11.99 and you get a free ticket that doesn't expire and 20% off concessions. Pretty good deal.

I do AMC A-List, which is about $26 a month, but you get 4 free movies a week, free upgrades to large soda and popcorn, and double rewards points.  100% worth it for how often I go to the movies.